Canadian Track Nationals 2010

31st August 2010: On a scorching hot and sunny day at the National Cycling Centre velodrome in Bromont, QC, Tara Whitten and Zach Bell showed their domination in track cycling, but the Canadian Championships was the stage for some hot performances by up-and-coming cyclists, a good sign that the Canadian Cycling program is on track for international success in the years to come.

It was no surprised to see Tara Whitten (Edmonton, AB) excel at the 2010 Track Cycling Canadian Championships. The double World Champion won all of her events to continue on her exceptional season. At the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Whitten rode to the gold medal in both the Points race and the Omnium event in Ballerup, Denmark.

In men’s racing, Zach Bell (Watson Lake, YK) also ended his day at the Canadian Championships on a high note, winning the Omnium events. Throughout the event, Bell raced to National titles in the Individual Pursuit, the Points race, Scratch race, and the Omnium. In the team pursuit along with his Team British Columbia teammates, Bell won the silver medal.

Both Whitten and Bell will be in Delhi for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, in October, in addition to sprinter Travis Smith (Calgary, AB) and Monique Sullivan (Calgary, AB).

“I’ve been really impressed with the level of competition here. I was able to come out on top, but I felt like the whole depth of women cycling was a lot higher than last year and the year before. That’s really exciting for the program,” said Whitten, 30.

So far at these Canadian Championships, Whitten won the Individual pursuit, the Scratch race, the Points race, Team Pursuit, Team Sprint and the Omnium event.

“Our team pursuit squad showed some good power and we’re going to use that for the next two years going into the Olympics and on the world stage,” continued Whitten.

“At the Commonwealth Games, I’ll be the only Canadian women in the endurance events, so I’ll be representing Canada and our whole program. I think that I am looking at it as a great learning opportunity towards London,” added Whitten.

The Omnium event is considered to be the toughest event to win, as cyclists take part in a series of six races, both sprints and endurance events. The cyclist with the best overall rank in all the events combined takes the gold medal.

In the women’s sprint, Monique Sullivan easily qualified for the finals with some powerful racing through the qualifying rounds. In the gold medal duel, Sullivan faced Karine Côté and took the victory in the first two races of the best-of-three dual. Krista Ruby finished third.

The gold medal for Sullivan is her third consecutive National title in the event

“It’s very important to get a good seed in the qualifiers so hopefully your first rounds are easier and keep your fresh legs for the final rounds. In the quarterfinals and semi-finals, I rode conservatively and tried to work on some tactical things. In the finals, you don’t really want to take any risks, so I played it a bit safer,” said Monique Sullivan.

In the men’s races, Travis Smith continued to showcase his sprint domination. Smith won the National titles in the sprint event in every year he competed in since 2003, with the exception of one year missing the National championships race with an injury.

In the gold medal race, Smith took the young Stéphane Cossette in an exciting and tight finish in the first two duels. In both races, Cossette attempted a breakaway with less than 200m to go in the race, but Smith managed to come back from the outside in both races for the victory at the finish line.

“It started off good for me. I didn’t know what to expect with the weather we’ve had this morning. Once we’ve got into the sprint rounds, I was glad to see Stephane and Joe battling out. These two are good for the future of track cycling. In the finals, I just wanted to control the race, at my speeds and slowly accelerate at my pace. I wanted to force Stephane to go earlier in the second round, but he never did. I caught him in the last turn, and he did put a good fight,” said Smith.

In the Points race, where cyclists collect points throughout the long distance race, Tara Whitten and Zach Bell dominated the events, showing excellent tactical moves to outrace the competiton.

Whitten easily won the Women’s race with 80 points, in front of Stephanie Roorda (BC) with 46 points. Laura Brown (BC) took the bronze medal with 38 points. In the men’s race, Zach Bell scored 74 points, while Jean-Michel Lachance took the second silver medal with a total of 30 points, just one point in front of Cameron McKinnon of Moncton, New-Brunswick.

LIST OF PODIUMS AT CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS – U17, JR, ELITE

500m Time Trial – Women – ELITE
1. Monique Sullivan (PCL)
2. Karine Côté (Piste.ca)
3. Catherine Couture (Specialized Mazda)

Individual Pursuit – Women – ELITE
1. Tara Whitten (Specialized Mazda)
2. Laura Brown (Cycling BC)
3. Stephanie Roorda (Cycling BC)

Individual Pursuit – Men – ELITE
1. Zach Bell (Kelly Benefits Strategies)
2. Remi Pelletier-Roy (Dynamiks de Contreco)
3. Charly Vives (SpiderTech powered by PlanetEnergy)

Keirin – Women – ELITE
1. Monique Sullivan (PCL)
2. Karine Côté (Piste.ca)
3. Catherine Couture (Specialized Mazda)

Keirin – Men – ELITE
1. Travis Smith (Momentum Coaching)
2. Joseph Veloce (Team Ontario)
3. Stéphane Cossette (SpiderTech powered by PlanetEnergy)

Kilo – Men – ELITE
1. Travis Smith (Momentum Coaching)
2. Stephane Cossette (SpiderTech powered by PlanetEnergy)
3. Jamie Schankland (Cycling BC)

Omnium – Women – Elite
1. Tara Whitten (Specialized Mazda)
2. Laura Brown (Cycling BC)
3. Stephanie Roorda (Cycling BC)

Omnium – Men – Elite
1. Zach Bell (Kelly Benefits Strategies)
2. Cameron MacKinnon (Atlantic Cycling Centre)
3. Remi Pelletier-Roy (Dynamiks de Contreco)

Points race – Men – ELITE
1. Zach Bell (Kelly Benefits Strategies)
2. Jean-Michel Lachance (Team Québec)
3. Cameron Mackinnon (Atlantic Cycling Centre)

Scratch – Women – ELITE
1. Tara Whitten (Specialized Mazda)
2. Stephanie Roorda (Cycling BC)
3. Laura Brown (Cycling BC)

Sprint – Women – ELITE
1. Monique Sullivan (PCL)
2. Karine Côté (Piste.ca)
3. Krista Ruby (LaBicicletta)

Sprint – Men – ELITE
1. Travis Smith (Momentum Coaching)
2. Stéphane Cossette (SpiderTech powered by PlanetEnergy)
3. Joseph Veloce (Team Ontario)

Team Sprint – Women – ELITE
1. Team Alberta (Monique Sullivan, Tara Whitten)
2. Team Specialized/Piste.ca (Catherine Couture, Karine Côté)
3. Team Ontario (Stephanie Bester, Candice Vermeulen)

Team Sprint – Men - ELITE
1. Team Mixte 2 (Stéphane Cossette, Joseph Veloce, Travis Smith)
2. Team Mixte 1 (Hugo Barrette, Lawrence Leroux, Rémi Pelletier-Roy)
3. Team JetFuel (Thomas Hums, Jamie Russell, Chris Freeland)

Team Pursuit – Women - ELITE
1. Team British Columbia A (Tara Whitten, Laura Brown, Stephanie Roorda)
2. Team British Columbia B (Sarah Coney, Rachel Canning, Jenny Lehman)
3. Team Specialized Mazda (Moriah MacGregor, Ariane Patenaude, Joanie Caron)

Team Pursuit – Men - ELITE
1. Team Mixte 1 (Charles Vives, Jean-Michel Lalanche, Stéphane Cossette, Rémi Pelletier-Roy)
2. Team British Columbia (Zach Bell, Ben Chaddock, Jacob Schwingboth, Erik Mulder)
3. Team JetFuel (Daniele DeFranceschi, Stephen Meyer, Ryan Aitcheson, Mark MacDonald)

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Individual Pursuit – Women – JR
1. Allison Beveridge (Team Alberta)
2. Audrey Labrie (Team Québec)
3. Frédérique Lord (Team Québec)

Individual Pursuit – Men – JR
1. Alex Cataford (Team Ontario)
2. Kris Dahl (Team Alberta)
3. Frédéric Poisson (Team Québec)

Keirin – Women – JR
1. Allison Beveridge (Team Alberta)
2. Florence Laplante-Lamarche (Team Ontario)
3. Véronique Drapeau-Zgoralski (Team Québec)

Keirin – Men – JR
1. Scott Mulder (Cycling BC)
2. Kristofer Ovsenek (Invita FCV)
3. Daniel McKenzie-Picot (CoachChris.ca)

Kilo – Men – JR
1. Scott Mulder (Cycling BC)
2. Joakim Albert (Team Québec)
3. Ty Andrews (Team Alberta)

Madison – Men – JR
1. Team Ontario (Jason King, Alex Cataford)
2. Team Alberta (Kris Dahl, Graham Courtney)
3. Team LaBicicletta Ontario (Kyle Rupay, Justin Zottl)

Points race – Women – JR
1. Allison Beveridge (Team Alberta)
2. Véronique Drapeau-Zgoralski (Team Québec)
3. Florence Laplante-Lamarche (Team Ontario)

Points race – Men – JR
1. Brian Trafford (Team Ontario)
2. Emile Jean (Team Québec)
3. Kris Dahl (Team Alberta)

Scratch – Women – JR
1. Allison Beveridge (Team Alberta)
2. Frédérique Lord (Team Québec)
3. Véronique Drapeau-Zgoralski (Team Québec)

Scratch – Men – JR
1. Frédéric Poisson (Team Québec)
2. Alex Cataford (Team Ontario)
3. Kris Dahl (Team Alberta)

Sprint – Women – JR
1. Florence Laplante-Lamarche (Team Ontario)
2. Allison Beveridge (Team Alberta)
3. Audrey Labrie (Team Québec)

Sprint – Men – JR
1. Scott Mulder (Cycling BC)
2. Kristofer Ovsenek (Invita FCV)
3. Daniel McKenzie-Picot (CoachChris.ca)

Team Pursuit – Men – JR
1. Team Québec (Frédéric Poisson, Joakim Albert, Emile Jean)
2. Team Ontario-Black (Alex Cataford, Justin Zottl, Brian Trafford, Jason King)
3. Team British Columbia (Eddie Reid, Scott Mulder, Zachary Renwick, Kyle Buckosky)

Team Sprint – Women – JR
1. Team Alberta/Ontario (Allison Beveridge, Florence Laplante-Lamarche)
2. Team Québec 1 (Audrey Labrie, Veronique Drapeau-Zgoralski)
3. Team Québec 2 (Laurence Paquette, Frédérique Lord)

Team Sprint – Men – JR
1. Team Ontario-Black (Daniel McKinzey-Picot, Kristofer Ovsenek, Kyle Rupay)
2. Team Québec (Frederic Poisson, Joakim Albert, Emile Jean)
3. Team Ontario-Red (Justin Zottl, Jason King, Adrian George)

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Omnium – Women – U17
1. Laurence Paquette (Team Québec)
2. Marie-Ève Poisson (Team Québec)
3. Bailin Xie (Team Ontario)

Omnium – Men – U17
1. Marc-Antoine Noël (Team Québec)
2. Lambert Gatineau (Team Québec)
3. Justin Mallet (Atlantic Cycling Centre)

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